Some Australian workers aged over 50 will be $20,000 or more worse off after an unexpected deal between the Government, the Palmer United Party and crossbench Senators. The last-minute deal on Tuesday night means the planned increases to compulsory superannuation contributions from 9 to 12 per cent have been delayed by 6 years. If you’re still working, your Super contributions […]

We had a great response to our story a few weeks back on how to save money online. So we’ve done some more research and come up with this Guide to Online Shopping Tricks, Part 2. (By the way, if you missed it, you can still read Part 1 here.) 1. Promo Codes and Discounts The Internet is your friend […]

This weekend is the deadline for energy companies to tell the consumer watchdog how much they will drop their prices due to the Carbon Tax repeal. The carbon tax repeal legislation required energy companies to report to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission within 30 days on the Carbon Tax savings they would return to consumers. The 30-day mark arrives […]

The FiftyUp Club is today meeting with Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton to ask for relief for the over-50s on health insurance premiums and GP co-payments. On behalf of its 91,652 members, the FiftyUp Club will today ask the Minister: 1.    To reduce the impact of co-payments on Australians aged over 50, particularly pensioners, and 2.    To improve price transparency in private […]

Call it a rite of passage or a coming of age, but the FiftyUp Club has reached a significant milestone. We sat down with the Federal Health Minister, Peter Dutton, to deliver your message in Canberra this week … and he listened. The Minister warmly welcomed me and my FiftyUp Club Colleague Jess Lindell into his office and he treated […]